Richard Gent | Sunday July 07, 2024
Categories: KS3 & KS4 Catch Up, KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Language 2015, Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Language , AQA English Literature, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, Edexcel English, Edexcel English Language, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Language, Cambridge iGCSE, Cambridge iGCSE English, Cambridge iGCSE English Literature, 9-1 IGCSE
Learning Literary Devices Game New PDF Unlocks Deeper Meanings in Texts: Discover the hidden layers in your favourite books, poems, and plays. Understanding literary devices helps you see what’s really going on beneath the surface. Supercharges Your Writing: Want to make your essays and stories pop? Using literary devices can transform your writing, making it more engaging and powerful. Makes Reading More Fun: Spotting literary devices can turn reading into an adventure. You’ll…
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Beverly Abrahams | Thursday June 26, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE Generic Skills, Edexcel GCSE Skills Resources, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Language, Paper 2 Reading and Writing, Edexcel iGCSE Generic Skills , Edexcel iGCSE Skills Resources, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Creative Writing, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing, AQA GCSE Generic Skills, AQA GCSE Skills Resources, Edexcel English, Edexcel Unit 3 Creative Responses, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE Generic Skills, OCR GCSE Skills Resources, WJEC GCSE English Language, WJEC GCSE Generic Skills, WJEC GCSE Skills Resources, English 0522, Cambridge iGCSE English
click on image to enlarge Introducing an Essay This guide has been written with the CIE English Unit 0522 in mind, but it could be equally useful to introduce and practice argumentative writing skills for WJEC, OCR, AQA and Edexcel GCSE and iGCSE. Where do we start? We all realise the importance of an introduction to an essay. Besides being important because of its content (i.e. ‘what’ it says), it is also important in that it sets the tone for the rest of the essay (i.e. ‘how’ it says…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday June 04, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
Modern Texts An Inspector Calls PPT GCSE English Literature Student’s Guide to An Inspector Calls Learning Mats | An Inspector Calls A Guide to Animal Farm A Guide to Mister Pip GCSE English Literature To Kill a Mockingbird | Set of Lessons GCSE English Literature Student Guide to Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ A GCSE English Literature Guide to Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black A GCSE Student’s Guide to The Woman in Black GCSE English Literature Student Guide to John…
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| Monday April 28, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Analysing Media & Non-Fiction, Writing, Non-Fiction Analysis, AQA English, Unit 1 Non Fiction Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 1 Texts: Non Fiction
click on image to enlarge AQA Unit 1: Understanding and Producing Non-Fiction Texts When answering this paper it is important to remember that Section A is designed to support you and help your written pieces in Section B. It often offers ideas regarding the key topics covered and it provides you with valuable information such as statistics or facts to help you in your responses. Even more importantly, it can remind you of the genre and style conventions. For example, if you are asked to write…
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Sarah Mellor | Wednesday April 16, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Script Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
Associated Resources Lesson Plan for Script Writing.doc Script Writing Grid.doc Script Writing - Presentation Feedback Grid.doc Script Examples.doc Introduction The resources contained here are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA Boards Specification). The resources are designed primarily for students of lower ability as well as with specific special educational needs; however, as this unit is skills and practice based the ideas and guides can easily be adapted for…
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Sarah Mellor | Tuesday April 15, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Creative Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
AQA GCSE Unit 3b: Creative Writing (Descriptive) Teacher Notes Associated Resources Character Description Task.docx Scene Images Prompts.docx Descriptive Writing Grid.docx Introduction The resources contained in this teaching pack are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA Boards Specification but easily adaptable for all other GCSE English specifications). The resources are designed specifically for struggling students, including those of lower ability and including…
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Sarah Mellor | Wednesday January 22, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Descriptive Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained in this teaching pack are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA Boards Specification but easily adaptable for all other GCSE English specifications). The resources are designed specifically for struggling students, including those of lower ability and including those with specific Special Educational Needs. The exam board’s only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper…
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Sarah Mellor | Friday November 22, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Informative Account, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained here are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA Specification). The resources are designed specifically for students of Lower Ability as well as those with certain specific Special Educational Needs. The exam boards’ only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper each series, they do not specifically cater to students who struggle to access the basics in English – so we…
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Sarah Mellor | Thursday November 21, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Persuasive Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained here are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA ‘A’ Specification). The resources are designed specifically for students of Lower Ability and with specific Special Educational Needs. The exam boards’ only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper each series; they do not specifically cater to students who struggle to access the basics in English – so, as teachers, we…
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Sarah Mellor | Thursday November 21, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing, Hot Entries, Writing, Persuasive Writing, Speech Analysis
click on image to enlarge Identifying Persuasive Techniques and Analysing Persuasive Texts Introduction The following lesson plan and resources are ideal for a one-off GCSE preparation lesson. The idea is to examine persuasive techniques and then answer a GCSE examination-style question on two persuasive texts, requiring students to compare the texts in terms of the audience and point of view of the writer. You can use this resource in two ways: Spread the tasks out over two or three lessons,…
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| Friday November 08, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge June 2015 Submission Candidates must complete two tasks. Each task must be taken from a different column. Work should be produced under formal supervision in time totalling up to four hours. The responses do not need to be of equal length. They do not have to be completed in the same session. The objective assessed in this part of Unit 3 is: AO4 Writing Write to communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, using and adapting forms and selecting vocabulary…
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| Thursday November 07, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Gender, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge When starting a module it is important to explain to students what the course requirements are. I tend to share the information from the specification with them and explain what each point means in detail.Candidates must complete one task. Work should be produced under formal supervision in time totalling up to 3 hours. The objective assessed in this part of Unit 3 is: AO2: Study of Spoken Language Understand variations in spoken language, explaining why language…
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Aimee Williams | Monday November 04, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction A comprehensive 3-week scheme of work for the Power Spoken English controlled assessment with associated resources. This SOW refers to the 2015 task banks. Resources Week 1 Power and Authority Wk 1 SOW.docx Interviewers.pptx Jeremy Kyle Transcript.docx JK Image.docx Key.docx Language Devices.pptx Power in Society.pptx Power Initial Questions.docx Power Introduction.pptx Power Role Play.docx Power Transcripts.docx Prompt Sheet.docx Terminology.docx What Do…
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Aimee Williams | Monday November 04, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction A comprehensive 3-week scheme of work for the Multimodal Spoken English controlled assessment with associated resources. This SOW refers to the 2015 task banks. Resources Week 1 Language of Multimodal Wk 1 SOW.docx Example Questionnaire.docx FB Emoticons.docx FB Statuses.docx Hybrid.ppt Mime Cards.docx PP.ppt Prompt Cards.docx Spoken and Written Differences.ppt Spoken and Written Texts.docx Spontaneous Language Transcript.docx Terminology SPLAT.ppt What Do…
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Beth Kemp | Thursday September 05, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Speaking & Listening, Individual, Group, Drama-Focused, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing, WJEC GCSE English Language, Unit 4 Spoken Language
click on image to enlarge Spoken Language Study at GCSE Some advice from an A Level English Language specialist Firstly, don’t worry! What students are being asked to do at this level isn’t linguistically ‘heavy’ and will not require a lot of new terminology in order for them to do it very well indeed; in fact, many of us who were comfortable with the linguistics from our teaching of A level initially went overboard on concepts and terminology, producing students who, intoxicated by…
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Theresa Sowerby | Wednesday September 04, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing, AQA A Level English Language B, ENGB1, ENGB4, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level
click on image to enlarge Background This SOW was initially used as a GCSE English Study of Spoken English Controlled Assessment task (CAT) with a set of able students. It worked very well in focusing them on an area of language that was of interest to them, encouraged them to undertake an in depth study of an area of spoken language and become familiar with the necessary terminology with which to analyse the data and reflect on their own experience of language in the classroom. Having the live…
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Steve Campsall | Tuesday May 28, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Media & Non-Fiction, Analysing Media & Non-Fiction, Writing, Non-Fiction Analysis, AQA English, Unit 1 Non Fiction Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 1 Texts: Non Fiction
Note The advice in the guide is focused on the requirements of the AQA Unit 1 exam (Section A), but could easily be adapted to suit the requirements of other exam boards in their testing on non-fiction and media texts. The examples shown at the end of each section of the guide as exemplification are based on the AQA Unit 1 June 2012 Higher paper texts and questions, available from the AQA website. Section A: Reading Question 1 Use a highlighter pen to mark the key words contained in the question…
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Steph Atkinson | Tuesday October 09, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities, Writing, Media Analysis, AQA English, Unit 1 Non Fiction Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 1 Texts: Non Fiction, OCR GCSE English, WJEC GCSE English, Unit 1 English in the Daily World (Reading)
Steve Campsall | Monday October 08, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities, AQA English, Unit 1 Non Fiction Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 1 Texts: Non Fiction, Edexcel English, Edexcel Unit 1 English Today, Edexcel English Language, Unit 1 English Today, OCR GCSE English Language, Unit A680, OCR GCSE English, Unit A680 Information and Ideas, WJEC GCSE English, Unit 1 English in the Daily World (Reading), WJEC GCSE English Language, Unit 1 Studying Written Language
As part of your GCSE English exam, you’ll be asked to analyse and discuss aspects of the non-fiction and media text ‘genre’. Genre The word ‘genre’ suggests that a text type is easily identifiable by readers as belonging to a particular kind or type; in effect, we all ‘stereotype’ texts just as we do people but the effect is called ‘genre’ rather than stereotyping! Texts that clearly ‘fit’ a particular genre are called ‘generic texts’ and we recognise them because they…
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| Wednesday October 03, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Animal Farm, Writing, Analytical Writing, Literary Analysis, Poetry Analysis, AQA English, AQA English Language , AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 1 Understanding Prose, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A664
Guide Navigation A Guide to Animal Farm Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 AQA English Literature GCSE 3d Unit 4: Approaching Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage AQA English GCSE 3c Unit 3 Understanding and producing creative texts AO1: respond to texts critically & imaginatively; select & evaluate textual details to illustrate & support interpretations AO2: explain how language, structure & form…
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Aimee Williams | Tuesday January 31, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
The Language of Radio DJs AQA GCSE Spoken English CA SOW 2013.zip This AQA GCSE Spoken English Scheme on The Language of Radio DJs contains the following resources: Week 1 EnglishEdu - AQA Unit 3c Spoken Language Study SOW Week 1.doc Introduction to Unit.doc Studying Spoken Language Intro.ppt A Glossary of Spoken Language Features - Teacher Copy.doc A Glossary of Spoken Language Features - Student Copy.doc Conventions.ppt Info on DJs.doc Key.doc Medium.ppt Radio Stations.doc Spoken vs Written…
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| Tuesday January 31, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, AQA English, AQA English Language , AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, AQA Moon On The Tides
Guide Navigation AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Relationship PPTs AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Character and Voice PPTs AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Place PPTs AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Conflict PPTs Relationship Powerpoints This anthology is used for the following courses: GCSE English Spec Code 4700 GCSE English Language Spec Code 4705 GCSE English Literature Spec Code 4710 The Anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessments in the following: GCSE English Literature…
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Aimee Williams | Tuesday December 07, 2010
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, Edexcel English Language, Unit 3 Spoken Language, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, OCR GCSE English Language, Unit A650, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC GCSE English Language, Unit 4 Spoken Language, Hot Entries, Language and Linguistic Analysis, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English
A very useful zipped set of files from Aimee Williams including a Scheme of Work and Associated Resources for the new GCSE English “Spoken English” Unit. Although written for AQA, these will be fully transferable across other boards as this is a new universal GCSE English requirement. Week 1 - Scheme & Resources Week_1_Scheme.doc Annotation_of_Txt_Message.pptx Annotation_of_Txt_Message.ppt Features.docx Features.doc Spoken_vs_Written_Cards.docx Spoken_vs_Written_Cards.doc…
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